Indus in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “Indus” in Hindi is सिन्धु, pronounced sindhu . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).
Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
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Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
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